Sliding double day bed



June 29 1926.

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June 29,1926. 1,590,275

P. Bv. BEBRY SLIDING DOUBLE DAY BED Filedl Feb. 2G, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A l i AORNEXS? Patented June 29, 1926.

UNITED STATES Parser PERCIVAL B. BEBRY, OF BROOKLYN,.NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ENGLANDER SPRILIJG* BED COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. i

SLIDING DOUBLE DAY BED.

This invention relates to combined day beds and couches in which one section is shiftable relatively to the other to form either a double day bed, a single day bed or couch, and wherein operating means is provided for opening and closing the bed and preferably for opening and closing the foldable mattress thereof, an object of the invention being `to provide improved means for opening and closing the bed whereby a pair of ornamental heads may be used with- Vout interfering with such operating means.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a sliding day bed having improved means for opening and closing the bed so constructed and located as to permit the use of straight or'unbent ornamental heads preferably of detachable form, and

' which operating means may also be utilized to open and close a foldable mattress.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Fig. l is an end view of this improved sliding day bed, the dotted lines illustrating the sliding section fully opened while the full lines illustrate it partially opened; Fig. 2 is a front vie-w of the bed; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective end view thereof; Fig. 4f is a detail of the operating bar connecting bracket; and Fig. 5 is a detail of one portion of a head and the manner of detachably connecting it with the end of the bed.

" Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Before explaining in detail the present improvement and mode of operation thereof, I desire to have it understood that the :invention is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments, and that the phraseology -which I employ is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

Heretofore in convertible couch or day beds, particularlyv sliding day beds constructed as for instance in accordance with patent'to Luppino No. 898,981, dated September 15, 1908, which is owned by the Eng-lander Spring Bed Comp-any, the assignee of the present invention, it has been found impossible to construct the couch with a head and foot due to the fact that the swinging means connected to the head sections and mattress for opening and closing the same and extending beyond the ends of the bed could not operate or function with a straight or unbent head or foot juxtaposed to the end of the main section for it will be readily seenthat if a head and foot were connected to the main section, this would prevent the operation of the lever means for operating the shiftable section and mattress.

Thus, I have provided a very important improvement in sliding beds of the kind described, which improvement has fora long time been unsuccessfully sought, it having been thought heretofore necessary to either bend the ornamental heads outwardly away from the ends of the main section or to insert suitable heavy and cumbersome brackets so as to space the ornamental heads from the ends of the main ysection to provide room for the operating bar and its connect.Y

ing links, all of whichhowever, I have done away with by the present improvement.

In the present embodiment this improved couch or day bed comprises a pair of relatively slidable sectionsQ and 3, in the present instance section 2 being the main section and stationary, and shiftable section 3, the top thereof comprising a spring fab'- ric and the transverse cross or end bars shiftable beneath the top of the main sec.- tioncomprising the transverse or end bars and spring fabric and therefore between the sidebar and such spring fabric of the main section. Section 2 comprises a pair ofend frames including transverse bars 4 having a springfabric l permanentlyl stretched therebetween, the cross bars l terminating in depending members 5. The members 5 are connected together by a suitable framework including the bars 6 and braces 7 connected to side bars 8, preferably formed of angle iron.

The depending members 5 are connected together by cross bars 9. Y

The sliding section 3. comprises end frames including transverse cross members l0 connected together by a permanently stretched spring fabric 1l. verse bars terminate in supporting legs l2. rlhe end frames of the sliding section are connected by suitable framework including sidebars and suitable braces.

These trans,H

Secured to one of the sections, in the presj Vmain section.

ent instance the main section, is an operating lever or bar 17 preferably rU-shapedV in formand of round or tubular forma-tion so as to extend lengthwise over the top oi' the bed, ythe ends thereof being pivoted to angle formed brackets 18 (see Figs. 3 and 4), one secured to 'the top near 'the end of Veach transverse bar t. The round forni-olf the bar not only provides suiiicient vstrength to manipulate -the slidingV section and the heavy folding mattress and prevent any Ytlexing or springing of the bar and'theretore the yvabbling ofthepartabutit prevents'the cutting 'oi the abricsof the k'stuffed mattress when resting thereon and also 'ofi that part of' the folding mattressA which :is attached or laced thereto. Thus the pivotal connectionv of therbaris in the preferred construction shovvn `above Lthe top or 'spring of theniainy section. A link or bar 19 is pivoted at 250 to each end of the bar 17 andthis'link in turn is pivoted lat its lower endas atQQ' to a llink 2l, which eX- tends inwardly and is suitably. connected to the sliding-section.' .Thus it Will besee'n that-:by swinging the operating leverr17 lin vthe direction of .thearrowshovvn in Fig. l the sliding section `will :be shifted outwardly -i'rom its position :underneath the main section into an :open position. torminga double bed, the bar 17 lbeing shifted completely over to rest upon the sliding section. 'The 4reverse .movement of the bar Willcause `the sliding section Ato be shiftedk underneath the main section,- .thereby closing the bed.

Connectedrto the main section 2 of the bed are a pair. of ornamental heads, and by reasonzot the fact that the link 17 is connected to'lthe vangle Abrackets on top ot' the cross memberland as :the links 21 are fiiatl pieces lof metal,- it is possible to' bring the headl members up close to the end' 'frames 'of tlieinain Vmattress section Without inter- :teringl with Vthe' operation of these levers Sandi links. Hence, the lever operating bar 171 does .not extend beyond the ends of the The ornamental .heads are shown detachably connected Y to lthe main section Vof the bed, this being accomplished by' providing leach angle iron leg 5 Vof the linain section With-a pairof slots 30 `formed in each-leg and securing' to each upright end post ormember of the ornamental head a hooked bracket 3l having a pair of hooks insertable into the slotsBO. rEhese` hooks 31 extend upwardly and are "located one above the other, and consequently theheadsmay be readily attached and detached.

The hook connections are located below` the operating partso the bed. In the present instance suitable .angle iron brackets 1&0 are located at each inner. corner of the sliding section adapted to ride over the side bars of the mainsection' and lift the inner sides lor the sliding-section vinto a substantially level position With the main mattress When the lsliding section lis extended. The sliding section is provided with casters and the main section with domes of silence and the Weight of the main section may be caririe'd by the ornamentalheads if desired, a1- thou'gh this is not strictly necessary.

ported by-heads or the heads by the main section Without `departing from the present improvement. Inpractice the ioldable book mattress', not completely shoWn `may be connected With the operating bar I7 solas to open and close therewith.

vI-I'eretofore it has been foundy necessary, in order. to operate thesliding section of the couchr bed of the form described tohavefthe ends of the operating `bar extend overthe ends of the main section, andv this prevented the use of ornamental heads of thestraight or unbent form, but by locating the ends of `this operating bar' onV top vof the -1nain1sec tionf and pivoting it by means of'angle brackets Within the 'ends of the" main -sec` tien and connecting it by Hat links Awith In other Words, the 'main section may be supthe sliding section,y vthe use of ornamental heads of straight or unbent formation are not only permitted but these' heads can vbe brought up close to the main sectlon and connectedV therewith in 'thel mannerl described, l

- VIt is to be understood that by describing in detail Vherein any particularv forni, structure, or arrangement itis not yintended to limit the invention beyond the terms of the several claims or the requirementsl ofthe prior art.

Having thus explained' the; nature fof-,my said invention and described a Way of constructing and using thesame, although Without attempting to set forth all oi? thev `forms in Which it may bema'de5 or all of theimodes of kits yuse, I claim:

l. In a sliding day bed, the combination of a main section, .a sliding section, and means' for opening land 'closing' theV sliding section and comprising ano'perating-barhaving a length less than the over-all length of the mainvsection andpivotally connected-to theA top of the main section and-link-connected to the sli-ding section, thereby to lperlength lessthan the over-all length of the main section andV pivotally connected yto the top of the main section inside of the'length thereby to permit the heads to be close coupledto the ends'fof'said lnainsection and link-connected to the sliding section, and a pair of ornamental heads close connected to the ends of the main section.

3. In a sliding day bed, the combination of a main section, a sliding section, means for opening and closing the sliding section and comprising an operating bar connected 'to and inside of the length of one section and having` a length less than the overall length of that Section to which it is connected, thereby to permit the heads to be close coupled to the ends of said section, and linkconnected to the other section, and a pair of ornamental heads close connected to the ends of the main section.

4. In a combined double day bed and couch, the combination of a main bed section, a shiftable bed section, a pair of ornamental heads connected tothe ends of the main section in relatively close relation thereto, an operating bar shorter than the over-all length of the main section and pivotally connected to the top of the main section inside of the length thereof and link-connected to the sliding section, and means connecting the heads to the end section tofform sufficient space for the linkage connection.

5. In a sliding bed, the combination of a main section including a stretched fabric and a side bar, a sliding section, the top thereof sliding between the side bar and fabric of the main section, means for opening and closing said sections and comprising a swinging operating bar connected to one of the sections at each end inside of the length thereof and linked to the other section, said operating bar having a length less than the overall length of the main section thereby to permit a pair of ornamental heads to `be closely attached to the ends of the main section and a folding mattress having a part thereof conneet-ed to the operating bar and opened and closed by said operating bar on the shifting of said sliding section.

6. In a sliding bed, the combination of a main section including a stretched fabric and a side bar, a sliding section having the top thereof sliding between said side bar and fabric of the main section, means for opening and closing said sections and comprising a swinging operating bar connected to the main section at each end inside of the length thereof and linked to the sliding section, said operating bar having a length less than the overall length of the main section, a foldable mattress having a part thereof connected to the operating bar and opened and closed thereby on the shifting of the sliding section, and a pair of heads close-coupled to the ends of the main section.

Signed at Brooklyn, New York, this 23rd day of February 1924.

PERCIVAL B. BEBRY'. 

